Bioassays with caged Hyalella azteca to determine in situ toxicity downstream of two Saskatchewan, Canada, uranium operations

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2345-2355

  Robertson, Erin L ^a   Liber, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyalella azteca; In situ bioassay; Uranium operation

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

DOWNSTREAM WATER BODIES; HYALELLA AZTECA; PORE WATER; URANIUM OPERATION;

BIOASSAY;

SURFACE WATER; URANIUM;

AMPHIPOD; BIOASSAY; LAKE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POREWATER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MORTALITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CANADA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRY; SASKATCHEWAN; TOXICITY TESTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; KEY LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; RABBIT LAKE; SASKATCHEWAN;

HYALELLA AZTECA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 36148998061     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-489R.1     Document Type: Article

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